How did Mayor Mike McGinn lose all that weight?

Have you noticed there’s a lot less of Mayor Mike McGinn than there used to be?

About 50 pounds less, actually.

Seattle’s mayor is known for biking around town, but it wasn’t just exercise that helped McGinn lose all that weight. No, as anyone who’s tried to shed some extra pounds will tell you, it’s also about what you eat.

McGinn laid off potatoes, pasta, rice – “all the white carbs,” he recently told KING/5 news. “Sensible amounts of meat and dairy, and all the veggies I can eat. And I exercise, and I just try to be more disciplined about my diet.”

It took about a year, but McGinn is noticeably thinner these days. Once a big night-owl, he’s also going to bed earlier.

“Because, if you’re not rested, it’s really hard to have willpower,” he told KING.